Technical Guidance Notes
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The guidance notes currently available are:
(38 KB, 3 pages)
Replacement
windows (64 KB, 1 page)Advice on what to do if you are planning to replace your windows and doors.
New regulations in a
nutshell - the new part H (90 KB, 2 pages)Brief guidance on the changes to the requirements for drainage and waste disposal which came into effect on 1/4/02
Location of
notches and holes within structural timbers (183 KB, 1
pages)Advice on supporting timber layouts and construction details
Structural
support provided by floors (251 KB, 2 pages)Details location and fixings of lateral restraint straps
Smoke
alarms in dwellings (190 KB, 2 pages)Advice on positioning alarms in dwellings and where they should be installed.
Emergency
Lighting (583 KB, 2 pages)Advice on how to comply with the provisions contained within approved document B
Access and facilities for disabled people to dwellings (905 KB,
4 pages)Guidance on how to comply with the provisions of M1 relating to dwellings
Exemptions from
Building Regulation consent (282 KB, 1 pages)Advice on domestic exemptions from Building Regulations
Charges
guidance notes (62 KB, 6 pages)Gives details of the latest Building Regulation charges applicable from 1 August.
(144 KB, 15 pages)
A guide to the specification of insulation materials in order
to achieve compliance with Approved Document L1B 2006 of the
Building Regulations for small domestic works.